New QPR boss Harry Redknapp tells 'under-performing' stars: You must work harder

Harry Redknapp has told QPR’s players they are in a false position at the bottom of the Premier League – but has warned them only hard work will get them out of trouble.

The Hoops have taken just four points from their first 13 games of the season, a shocking run of form that resulted in Mark Hughes being sacked last week.

Redknapp will take charge of his first match at Sunderland on Tuesday night, and he insists there are no easy fixes.

He told talkSPORT: “They [the players here] should be playing a lot better. They wouldn’t be in this position if they were playing to their potential. And they had a good manager as well in Mark Hughes so it’s amazing how they’ve not performed.

“But they’ve got to work. There’s no magic formula. If you’re going to win football matches you’ve got to win the ball back and that’s what we have to do. If you lose the ball, work hard to win it back, that’s what all good teams do. I’ve got no time for people standing around with their hands on their hips feeling sorry for themselves.

“This is a worse position in terms of points and where they are [in the table] than any other job I’ve ever taken. But if I didn’t think we could do it I wouldn’t have taken the job.

“I’ll give it everything I’ve got, and so will my staff. If the players work as hard as we do then we’ve got a chance.”

I’ll give it everything I’ve got, and so will my staff. If the players work as hard as we do then we’ve got a chance